Arusha being a tourist city, it just remained guesswork that the foreigners were perhaps tourists who were touched by the tragic nature of the school bus accident and had rushed in to help. The foreigners were actually medical volunteers from the United States; who coincidentally arrived at the scene just minutes after the accident occurred. With the assistance of the locals, the medics managed to rescue three children who until today are admitted at Mount Meru Regional Hospital, according to the Arusha Regional Medical Officer, Dr Wonanji Timothy. He said the medical volunteers from a charity organisation Siouxland Tanzania Educational Medical Ministries (STEMM) have been trying to intervene in helping the rescued children until yesterday. He told The Citizen that the doctors were now making final arrangements to transfer the children to specialised hospitals in US for further medical management.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 10, 2017 08:03 UTC